Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-26
PERSONAL.

THE Oldest x-Cabinet officer now living ia
Historian Bancroft. who was President Polk's
secretary of the Navy lorty-two years ago,
SAM JONES left Troy. N. Y, 5000 richer, but
me young men who brought him there were
500 out of pocket. Troy has no liking for re-
VlVallsts. She prefers sluggers.
MRS. GRANT, widow Of the General. will
spend the greater part OF Lent in Washington
She Will divide her time there between the
homes of Senator Stanford and Gen. Beale.
THE death has recently occurred of James
Nicholson, The last survivor of the storm :
beaten passengers of the Forfarshlre who
were rescued by Grace Darling. This IA
nous rescue was in September, 1883. Grace
died OF consumption In 1912.
GEN. GREEDY, Chief of the Weather Bu
reau, does not look like an adventurous hero
lie is tall and slender, with dark hair and
whiskers parted in the middle, and which
with his eyeg asses and curious accent give
him the air of very languid man of fashion.
MRS, THERESA FAIR. of San Francisco, re-
ceives large number of begging letters by
every mail. Recently one OF these appeals
for help was brought by a messenger bow
and Mrs. FAIR observed that the appli-
cant had coolly marked the message: Col
lect."
LORD TENNYsoN's last volume has not ex
hausted the whole Of his unpu blished pieces
One of the MSS. still in his por folio is a
rhymed epitaph on his old neighbor In the
Isle OF Wight, the late DIR. Ward, famous
forty years ago at Oxford as a tractarian
leader.
A DRAMA entitled "Lechatan de Kronburg,"
and written by the King Of sweden, is short
ly To be produced at the German Theatre at
Buda- Pesth. The piece is insone act, and ia
founded on an episode of the war between
Sweden and Denmark in the seventeenth
century.
JAMES MADISON VANDEGRIFF, who died in
New Orleans last week, was. in 1892 the
founder of an association of gentlemen in
that city pledged to the mutual assistance OF
its members In the event OF an epidemic. Ont
of this beg ming grew the now world famed
Howard Association,
THE Duke and Duchess of Nassau and their
son, Prince William, have arrived at Cannes
on visit to the Crown Prince aud Grown
Princess Of Baden Ut the villa DIES Tours,
Prince William OF Nassau, who was born in
1852, is the bost royal parti in Europe, as he
Will inherit an immense fortune from his
father. and he Is not eneumbered by the pos
session OF u crown.
MIR. WILSON BARRETT, during his engage
ment in w ashington last week, was comnIl
mented with an aIter.theatre supper at Tho
residence of senator Metherson. A groun Of
distinguished society people met him and
lionlzed him in true American style MIR
Barrett has been so well treated that he has
concluded TO epend another season profession.
ally in the United States.
JUSTIN MCCARTHY mas found spot Of
meanness ON the snow-white eXpanse of the
great West. The spot Is Janesviie, III, Mr.
Mccarthy was TO lecture there, but railroad
washout delayed him and no was unable TO
appear. The local mahager5 OF the lecture
course thereupon garnisheed the eminently
just Justln's receipts at the noighboring town
of Madison two nights later.
SUNSET CoX's wit, writes q Washington
correspondent. Is spontaneous. His priyate
correspondence is full of funny things. He
illustrates his letters to his friends with funny
sketches. which he does rapidly In pen and
ink, and which show him TO be a humorist
with the same artistic faculty for the ridcu-
lous as was possessed by Thackeray. He will
take an ink blot, and with the emi or wooden
tOothplck turn 10 into picture of man or
woman, dog or anything else that his fancy
dictates.